Improvement in buttons



UNITED STATES PATENT EEroE.

SAMUEL W. SHOREY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,325, dated February13, 1877; application filed October 12, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. SHOREY, ofBoston, in the county of Sufl'olk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented an improved Staple-Fastened Button, of which the following is aspecification:

The object of my invention is to produce a device which may be readilyand rapidly applied to buttons of various descriptions, for the purposeof permanently and firmly attaching them to cloth, leather, and allfabrics whereon buttons are used.

My invention consists of a staple, constructed of wireof various andsuitable sizes, and so formed as to have its arms out or pointed into anangle, in such manner as shall leave its longest extremes on the insideof each arm. Said angles are for the purpose of facilitating the passageof the staple through the fabric, as also to avoid undue resistance toopposing surfaces, the angles on the points being uppermost for thispurpose after the process is complete of locking.

To attach buttons to goods, the staple is 'passed through the eye of thebutton, from' thence through the fabric, and finally through properapertures in a raised-rim circularshaped device of metal, technicallyknown as a back. Here the two extremes of the staple are broughttogether and twisted in such a manner as to form a complete and securelock on the concave side of'said back, without the aid of solder or anyauxiliary fastening, thus permanently securing the button. To render theoperation more complete, and impart a better finish, anothersimilarlyshaped device of metal, and recognized as a cap, is placed overthe open face of the back and pressed down upon it, thus closing in andeffectually covering the tw sted or locked ends of the staple, andsecurely and permanently held in this position by the proper compressionof the raised rim on the cap over the corresponding rim with which theback is provided, the utility of my invention being more fully set forthin the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view of apiece of goods with buttons variously attached by my improved process.Fig. 2 shows a section of fabric and buttons, caps, and backs,exhibiting various methods of applying and attaching the buttons. Fig. 3is a view of wire staple before and after being locked.

In the drawings, A represents the fabric; B, a cap, completed, andsecuring a button supposed to be on the opposite side of the fabric; 0,a back, with raised rim (1, showing the cap B removed, and exposing thelocked ends of the staple in the center; D, view of button secured bythe staple only, and intended for the cheaper line of goods; E, upperand plan view of button regularly attached by the staple F.

Fig. 2 are sectional views of buttons attached in difl'erent ways,exhibiting the staples reversed, with the lock or clinch formed oneither side of the fabric.

If preferred, the cap and back, after properly uniting, and connected tothe cloth by the staple only, may be substituted for a regular button,(by this method decreasing onehalf the expense,) as shown in section atB, which also exhibits the compressed rim 6 of the cap B over thecorresponding rim on the back U.

Fig. 3 shows the points or angles on the.

arms 9 g of the staple F, with said arms looked, as at H, bringing theangles outward and points down, resting against the back, to avoidresistance to opposing surfaces, when not covered by the cap.

The arms of the staple may be locked, clinched, or twisted in anymanner, though it is preferable to secure them as exhibited. The staplesand backs may be also used for other purposes, as stays to corners ofpockets and similar part-s requiring strength, either with or withoutthe caps, the staple being locked on either side.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination, with the back 0, having the raised rim d, of the stapleF and cap B, adapted to be secured to the back, and to cover the ends ofthe staple, all substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

4 SAMUEL W. SHOREY. Witnesses:

H. O. HARROWER, M. A. .GLINES.

